AtlantaA measles death count went zero, then vanished.
States, not Washington, have always certified US causes of death.
Pennsylvania reported two deaths Aug. 25, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deleted them from its website.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the deaths possibly “fabricated,” offering no evidence.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica leans critical
- documents CDC's unprecedented reversal of state death-determination authority with website value changes within 24 hours
Sources: Ars Technica